foureyedbat

A note from the disgruntled plumber

Backstage at The Distillery, Calgary AB

Canadian snake smugglers

We have a big problem with snake smuggling up here in Canadaland. Here are two suspects caught in the act.

Priape, Calgary

(link probably NSFW)

Extremely Good Looking Zombies

At today's Calgary Zombie Walk

You know you've lived in Canada too long when...

...you see a sign like this and the word "color" looks like it is spelled wrong.

Another sign I saw on my walk home.

Scenes from the morning commute

-16C (with wind chill)

Ghouls go shopping

Even the undead like a good price on scented candles.

 

Winners, Downtown Calgary

Jesus was a hoser

"The display of foreign gods is offensive and does not reflect the views of the majority of Canadians."
---Jim Blake, national chair of Concerned Christians Canada

An outraged letter about a sculpture installed two years ago at the Calgary zoo has got people squawkin’ today. Apparently Jesus was born somewhere in Canada (insert obligatory “Son of Gord” joke here) and is therefore exempt from that nasty “foreign god” label.

While I can see Mr. Blake’s point about religion-free zones, this kind of [belated] grandstanding leads to some very ugly reactions. I had meant to post a nice shot of the sculpture here; as usual, people were surrounding it taking pictures so I waited my turn. This boy walked by and spat on the statue; there was no adult with him, and the adults who witnessed this were too shocked to do anything.

Mr. Blake, take a good look. These are your children.

Scenes from the morning commute

Not what you want to see on your doorstep first thing in the morning.

(during the night someone set a construction truck on fire halfway up the block)

Jesus of the Junk Yard

Drumheller, AB

What happens to a dinosaur park when all the dinosaurs leave for adventures downtown?

Weird Spaceship Lookin' Cloud

With laser beams and everything!